A Bungalow Turned Workplace in Kuala Lumpur. Designed by S/LAB10

by Mallory Budy | March 4th, 2019

  In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a new project completed by Australia-based design firm S/LAB10 has taken the residentially-inspired office trend and amplified it to its fullest potential. Mantab, a property development company whose name translated from the Malay language means simply “solidity”, had acquired an aging bungalow home to transform into its offices. Mantab presented S/LAB10 with an unusual hybrid design brief of seamlessly integrating business and leisure in a form that the client hadn’t seen before – all set within the bones of a former residential home. “Comprising a complete internal overhaul of an existing bungalow – the team was required to re-examine the office typology in a Southeast Asian climate and locality…The firm required not just a workspace for its growing team, but also a series of spaces for hosting and entertaining their clients.” In its project notes, S/LAB10 emphasizes the design brief’s most demanding challenge: “delivering a …